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Real Climate Science

"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" - Richard Feynman

They are planning on building a 10 GW data center here in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and generating all of the electricity on site.. “Wyoming is poised to become an artificial-intelligence powerhouse after Laramie County commissioners last week unanimously voted to move … Continue reading
Author: Tony Heller
Posted: May 17, 2026, 12:56 pm
Gas and oil production made simple.
Author: Tony Heller
Posted: May 13, 2026, 3:24 am
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Author: Tony Heller
Posted: May 4, 2026, 3:15 am
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Author: Tony Heller
Posted: May 2, 2026, 2:43 am
The US is experiencing the worst springtime drought on record, but the weather seems to be changing and the change may be due to a rapidly developing El Nino.
Author: Tony Heller
Posted: May 2, 2026, 2:42 am
“The Fake News was wrong (again).” “Cheapest Summer Gas Prices in Four Years” ICYMI: Cheapest Summer Gas Prices in Four Years – The White House
Author: Tony Heller
Posted: May 1, 2026, 5:38 pm
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Author: Tony Heller
Posted: May 1, 2026, 5:32 pm
Author: Tony Heller
Posted: April 28, 2026, 11:53 pm
The US is experiencing the worst springtime drought on record https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-content/sotc/drought/psi/psi-202603.png https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/cirs/climdiv/climdiv-pdsidv-v1.0.0-20240606 Conditions have worsened during April Contiguous U.S. | U.S. Drought Monitor Temperatures at Imperial, Nebraska have averaged 10F above the post 1895 average, and have been far above … Continue reading
Author: Tony Heller
Posted: April 24, 2026, 11:43 am
The Palmer Drought Severity Index for March 2026 was the worst on record, worst than March 1934 and March 1977. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/cirs/climdiv/climdiv-pdsidv-v1.0.0-20240606 https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-content/sotc/drought/psi/psi-202603.png https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-content/sotc/drought/psi/psi-193403.gif https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-content/sotc/drought/psi/psi-197703.gif Streamflow in many US rivers is near or at a record low. USGS | National Water … Continue reading
Author: Tony Heller
Posted: April 17, 2026, 12:20 pm

Climate Depot

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https://www.politico.eu/article/france-drops-climate-from-g7-environment-talks-appease-trump-administration-us/ BY AUDE LE GENTIL, NICOLAS CAMUT AND ZIA WEISE Excerpt: PARIS — France removed climate change from the agenda of this week’s G7 talks to prevent a rift with the United States, according to a French government official. Environment ministers from the G7 nations are meeting in Paris Thursday and Friday to discuss issues ranging […]
Author: Marc Morano
Posted: June 4, 2026, 5:00 pm
There’s been tumult across the relatively small climate philanthropy sector, with some big donors pulling back. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, run by Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, is winding down its climate portfolio, according to a spokesperson for the organization.

Renowned climate investor and donor Bill Gates has trimmed staff at Breakthrough Energy, his climate organization, while pulling back on advocacy work and halting some investments.

Randall Kempner, executive director of the Climate Philanthropy Catalyst Coalition. “It is certainly a less hospitable environment for climate philanthropy today than it was prior to Trump’s election,” he said.
Author: Admin
Posted: June 4, 2026, 4:45 pm
Climate exaggerators won’t go away By Joe Bastardi Climate exaggerators won’t go away. Consider exaggerating natural weather to the point of fanaticism.  It is about control. Most Americans will simply say, ” Live the life the way you want. Most leftists say you have to live your life the way I want, because I am […]
Author: Admin
Posted: June 4, 2026, 4:34 pm
The climate scam is acknowledged. Americans were fed lies, and deserve to be compensated. By Gary Abernathy Excerpt: The time is ripe for a serious accounting of the harm done to Americans by climate hysteria, considering how many mea culpas are now emerging. The latest to line up with at least some nod to truth […]
Author: Admin
Posted: June 4, 2026, 4:32 pm
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/dim-sun-climate-change-public-support-5rhzbr7xf A government-backed report says Britons would want strategies to be tested on a small scale that could be used as a last resort if emissions are not cut By Rhys Blakely, Science Editor The public is likely to support research into the feasibility of dimming the sun to help cool the planet if it […]
Author: Admin
Posted: June 3, 2026, 6:04 pm
https://www.dailymail.com/media/article-15870807/npr-layoffs-climate-section.html By RACHEL BOWMAN, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER National Public Radio (NPR) slashed its entire climate desk during the outlet’s latest round of layoffs, joining several other publications in axing their green coverage. NPR CEO Katherine Maher announced the company was doing away with dozens of newsroom positions in an attempt to ‘adjust’ to an era without […]
Author: Admin
Posted: June 3, 2026, 5:55 pm
https://www.public.news/p/ipcc-misled-the-public-for-over-a By MICHAEL SHELLENBERGER Governments, banks, and corporations across the developed world have for nearly four decades treated the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as the final word on the science of climate change. The Obama and Biden administrations regulated carbon dioxide as a pollutant on the strength of IPCC findings. The European Union built its […]
Author: Admin
Posted: June 3, 2026, 5:45 pm
Wrong, Daily Mail, The Thwaites Glacier Isn’t About to ‘COLLAPSE’ By Anthony Watts The Daily Mail (DM) claims in “Is Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier about to COLLAPSE?” that the Thwaites Glacier could lose its ice shelf “this year” with “devastating consequences” for global sea levels. This is false. The article’s claims rely on worst-case modeling scenarios […]
Author: Admin
Posted: June 3, 2026, 5:42 pm
Watch: Morano on OAN TV talking Claims That Immigration Deportation Flights Are ‘Accelerating The Climate Crisis’ – ‘This is so ridiculous.’ pic.twitter.com/P3nQgScPqF — Marc Morano (@ClimateDepot) June 3, 2026   UK Guardian Claims ICE Deportations Are ‘Accelerating The Climate Crisis’ – ‘CO2 Emissions from ICE enforcement flights went up 88% between 2024 & 2025’   […]
Author: Marc Morano
Posted: June 3, 2026, 11:18 am
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/26/us-immigration-flights-emissions Revealed: huge climate cost of harmful emissions from US immigration flights – Trump campaign accelerating climate crisis as officials move migrants to detention jails and deport them from US By Alexandra Villarreal – UK Guardian Excerpt: US immigration enforcement flights are producing hundreds of thousands of metric tonnes of climate-damaging carbon emissions as officials […]
Author: Marc Morano
Posted: June 2, 2026, 1:13 pm
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/business/joseph-vazquez/2026/05/29/oof-ny-times-dances-around-un-scientists-scrapping-trendy By Joseph Vazquez Watching an arrogant lefty newspaper scatter around like a bug trying to salvage its climate doom mongering after scientists pull the proverbial rug out from underneath it is one of the most satisfying things to see. New York Times reporters Brad Plumer and Eric Niiler tried to temper the political firestorm that erupted after […]
Author: Admin
Posted: June 1, 2026, 7:17 pm
Climate Science Without Its Most Discredited Worst-Case Scenario by Morgan Sweeney The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change threw out one of its most extreme emissions scenarios last week, a major development in climate science that will likely echo across markets, federal and state government policy, and education. [some emphasis, links added]   What is RCP […]
Author: Admin
Posted: June 1, 2026, 7:13 pm
No, Climate Central, Summer Warming Isn’t Due to Climate Change By Anthony Watts Climate Central claims in “Summer Warming (1970–2025) Driven By Climate Change” that summers have warmed in 97 percent of 243 U.S. cities and that human-caused climate change is the leading driver in 91 percent of them. This is misleading at best. The […]
Author: Admin
Posted: June 1, 2026, 6:59 pm
https://apnews.com/article/brazil-amazon-rainforest-br319-deforestation-lula-237fbc1df9c9292b7d26f47a094439ef SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s government announced Wednesday that it will invest $75 million in the BR-319 highway cutting through the Amazon rainforest, a project environmentalists say could accelerate deforestation and worsen climate change. … It cuts through the Amazon rainforest and reaches Manaus, the Amazon’s largest city, with more than 2 million residents. […]
Author: Marc Morano
Posted: May 31, 2026, 10:52 am
https://naturalnews.com/2026-05-19-ev-decentralized-reality-check-supply-chains-grid-failures.html By Edison Reed Report Highlights Obstacles to Electric Vehicle Transition Global electric vehicle mandates face significant barriers related to mineral supply, energy infrastructure, and humanitarian concerns, according to a synthesis of government data, industry analyses, and investigative reports.   The findings, drawn from sources including NaturalNews.com, automotive trade publications, and academic studies, indicate that current […]
Author: Admin
Posted: May 29, 2026, 7:41 pm
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/05/14/microsoft-pauses-its-carbon-indulgence-spending-the-usual-suspects-are-upset/ By Charles Rotter On April 10, Heatmap News broke the story that Microsoft had begun telling carbon removal suppliers and partners that it was pausing future purchases. Bloomberg followed the next day with a confirming account from inside the company. The Microsoft employees who placed the calls, Bloomberg reported, told the developers in at least one case […]
Author: Admin
Posted: May 29, 2026, 7:40 pm
The WHO and aligned outlets like the Lancet are once again framing climate change as an “international public health emergency”, complete with dire warnings about heat-related deaths, extreme weather and the spread of infectious diseases.
Author: Admin
Posted: May 28, 2026, 1:57 pm
  Morano: ‘We’re at the lowest point of the climate movement’s influence and power in the last 50 years — environmentalism as well. Don’t know how long it’ll last. But the title of my speech is: The Great Reject. – Triumphant Trump dismantles the climate agenda with nary a push back.’ Chief Editor of CFACT’s […]
Author: Marc Morano
Posted: May 28, 2026, 1:28 pm
https://canaryinacovidworld.substack.com/p/canary-in-a-climate-world-launches?triedRedirect=true By CANARY IN A COVID WORLD What if the climate story is not what you’ve been told? Today, Canary in a Climate World: Climate Realism vs. the Net Zero Myth launches on Amazon across hardcover, paperback, eBook, and audiobook platforms, and through IngramSpark for bookstores worldwide. After nearly two years of research and eight months of building this […]
Author: Admin
Posted: May 28, 2026, 1:20 pm
The climate change house of cards is finally collapsing  By Peter Murphy The prevailing climate change narrative took a big hit in recent days, as scientists who comprise the United Nations’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are backing away from more outlandish climate predictions for the 21st century. Extreme forecasts of rising temperatures of 4 to 5 degrees, the scientists wrote […]
Author: Admin
Posted: May 28, 2026, 1:15 pm
Fox Business Network – The Bottom Line – Broadcast May 22, 2026 Memorial Day travel hits new highs despite soaring energy prices – Climatedepot.com executive editor Marc Morano discusses record Memorial Day travel despite high energy prices and analyzes the political blame game over energy on ‘The Bottom Line.’   .@ClimateDepot responds to Gavin Newsom’s […]
Author: Marc Morano
Posted: May 28, 2026, 12:55 am
SSP5-8.5: Garbage In, Doomcasting Out By Willis Eschenbach You might have read about RCP8.5, which is now called SSP5-8.5. It is the most extreme future scenario proposed by the IPCC. You might also have read that it is being thrown in the trash can. Finally, you may have seen claims from the usual suspects that […]
Author: Admin
Posted: May 27, 2026, 4:22 pm
https://www.eenews.net/articles/climate-change-alarms-are-flashing-washington-isnt-paying-attention/ By Zack Colman Key excerpt: The shift in Washington has been driven by President Donald Trump, who has for years dismissed climate change as a hoax, and even sought as recently as last weekend to discredit the IPCC as “WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!” in a social media post. That message was a response to last […]
Author: Admin
Posted: May 27, 2026, 12:23 am
https://www.eenews.net/articles/climate-change-alarms-are-flashing-washington-isnt-paying-attention/ By Zack Colman Excerpt: The Trump administration has swept away climate change policies, Democrats are focused on energy costs, and environmental groups have gone quiet. … The climate system’s warning signs are blaring, but hardly anyone in Washington has noticed. In recent months, scientists have revealed new ways climate change is affecting the planet: […]
Author: Admin
Posted: May 27, 2026, 12:04 am
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/power-switch/2026/05/26/the-sound-of-climate-silence-00936026 BY ARIANNA SKIBELL Excerpt: Call it the great “climate hushing.” At least, that’s how Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, refers to the shift in Washington’s response to the planet’s increasingly dire outlook. As President Donald Trump unravels U.S. climate policy, Democrats and environmental groups have grown strangely quiet […]
Author: Admin
Posted: May 26, 2026, 11:49 pm

Watts Up With That?

The world's most viewed site on global warming and climate change

“It was the best of energy policies; it was the worst of energy policies” – Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. (Apocryphal)

The post A Tale of Two Types of States: Those with Dumb Energy Laws, and Those with Smart Laws appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Author: Guest Blogger
Posted: June 5, 2026, 5:00 am

Debunking claims of climate causing ‘less healthy’ food – Melting ice will NOT ‘drown millions’ – Droughts NOT caused by fossil fuels – Earth is NOT spinning slower due to climate change!

The post Climate Fact-Check May 2026 appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Author: Anthony Watts
Posted: June 5, 2026, 1:00 am

Are failed climate doomsday prophecies are coming home to roost?

The post Oh No, We’re All Dead – According to a 2016 Climate Mass Extinction Prediction appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Author: Eric Worrall
Posted: June 4, 2026, 9:00 pm

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach (@WEschenbach on X, my personal blog is here.) Well, I had some further insights and questions about the issue of sunshine hours that I discussed…

The post More Sun, Less Sun appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Author: Willis Eschenbach
Posted: June 4, 2026, 5:00 pm

The DM’s tone implies the inevitability of collapse. But that's wrong.

The post Wrong, Daily Mail, The Thwaites Glacier Isn’t About to ‘COLLAPSE’ appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Author: Anthony Watts
Posted: June 4, 2026, 1:00 pm

weather warnings have long been issued almost exclusively in English. English at home, yet weather warnings have long been issued almost exclusively in English. A new study documents how the National Weather Service is using artificial intelligence to change that.

The post NOAA Bets on AI to Translate Weather Warnings—But Can Machines Reliably Convey Life-and-Death Messages? appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Author: Anthony Watts
Posted: June 4, 2026, 9:00 am

Daniel Wetzel in Die Welt (paid article) on a phenomenon: more and more plants are being put into operation, but the yield does not increase to the same extent.

The post Germany’s Die Welt: “Too Much Is Too Much” … Green Energies Are Cannabalizing Each Other! appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Author: Guest Blogger
Posted: June 4, 2026, 5:00 am

Wyoming’s Golden Eagles are in trouble and need the protection of the Endangered Species Act. That things are going badly for the eagles is no secret, but the Wyoming authorities are ignoring this rapidly growing threat.

The post Wyoming Golden Eagles should be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Author: Guest Blogger
Posted: June 4, 2026, 1:00 am

The Version 6.1 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for May, 2026 was +0.53 deg. C departure from the 1991-2020 mean, which is up from the April, 2026 value of +0.39 deg. C..

The post UAH v6.1 Global Temperature Update for May, 2026: +0.53 deg. C appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Author: Guest Blogger
Posted: June 3, 2026, 9:00 pm

Apparently disappearing half of China's emissions has a perfectly reasonable explanation.

The post China Rejects Accusations of Cooking the Books on Carbon Emissions appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Author: Eric Worrall
Posted: June 3, 2026, 5:00 pm

The world is not dependent on natural fossil fuels, as no one uses “raw” crude oil that is only black tar, BUT has become dependent on the products and transportation fuels MADE FROM oil, the same products and transportation fuels that Wind and Solar CANNOT make!

The post Modern Society Runs on Refined Oil Products. Can California Keep Ignoring Reality? appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Author: Guest Blogger
Posted: June 3, 2026, 1:00 pm

If anybody is in any doubt about the unsuitability of Kew as a climatological station, a few years ago the BBC/Met Office laughably tried to present Heathrow as a reliable site, because its temperatures closely tracked Kew!

The post Record Temperatures & UHI appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Author: Guest Blogger
Posted: June 3, 2026, 9:00 am

Artificial intelligence is proving, in real time, that it is neither savior nor villain but an amplifier of human judgment, be that judgment good, bad, or catastrophically expensive. In other words, where AI is the tool, humans are the variable.

The post Where AI is the Tool, Humans are the Variable appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Author: Guest Blogger
Posted: June 3, 2026, 5:00 am

Consider exaggerating natural weather to the point of fanaticism.  It is about control. Most Americans will simply say, ” Live the life the way you want. Most leftists say you have to live your life the way I want, because I am right, and for the good of the whole, you must obey. The other part is the people who eventually get overrun, who are just trying to live their lives and don’t care about the whole issue, whatever it is.

The post Climate exaggerators won’t go away appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Author: Guest Blogger
Posted: June 3, 2026, 1:00 am

“The American people have been very clear; they do not want EVs forced upon them. This proposal aims to return EPA regulations to reality, restoring consumer choice, protecting good paying American jobs, and strengthening the nation’s global competitiveness while the agency works to reconsider the Tier 4 standards.” – EPA Administrator, Lee Zeldin. Quoted in E&E News, May 15, 2026.

The post Ford Ditches EVs–Again appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Author: Guest Blogger
Posted: June 2, 2026, 9:00 pm

...any policy can only benefit from a better understanding of how climate models are constructed, their physical basis, how they can be tested, and how to assess their outputs.

The post Are Climate Models “Just Physics”? appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Author: Guest Blogger
Posted: June 2, 2026, 5:00 pm

There are no such words to that effect anywhere in the 131-page Smithsonian FOIA docs. The only thing that resembles a direct communication between Dr Soon and any Exxon official is seen at the bottom of PDF file page 33.

The post The ‘Dr Willie Soon got $1.2 million from Exxon’ Accusation … is still more dicey, Part 2 appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Author: Guest Blogger
Posted: June 2, 2026, 1:00 pm

From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT By Paul Homewood https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/clyp513ynv3o Chris Morrison’s excellent piece in the Daily Sceptic today, which I trailed earlier, deals with the corruption of…

The post Are ‘heat spikes’ becoming more common? appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Author: Guest Blogger
Posted: June 2, 2026, 9:00 am

The observed changes in temperature over the past 30 years therefore owe more to flaws in measurement… rather than any wider anthropogenic effect. The uncritical adoption of the PRT technology, which conveniently reinforced what the modellers believed, now drives the Net Zero Cult.

The post Serious Doubts Arise About Kew Temperature ‘Records’ as Recent UK Heatwave is Weaponised to Drive Net Zero appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Author: Guest Blogger
Posted: June 2, 2026, 5:00 am

A U.S.-India alliance would strike at the heart of the corrupt climate lobby. By trading massive quantities of fossil fuels, it would break a stranglehold on energy policy that climate alarmists have long sought to make permanent.

The post Can US and India Forge a ‘Big, Beautiful’ Energy Deal? appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

Author: Guest Blogger
Posted: June 2, 2026, 1:00 am

Climate Etc.

by Nicola Scafetta My new book is now published: The Frontier of Climate Science: Solar Variability, Natural Cycles and Model Uncertainty For more than twenty years, my research has explored the interplay between climate dynamics, solar variability, and complex systems. … Continue reading

The post Rethinking climate change appeared first on Climate Etc..

Author: curryja
Posted: March 10, 2026, 8:52 am

by Ross McKitrick Last year I had the privilege of working with a small team (me, Judy Curry, John Christy, Steve Koonin and Roy Spencer) on a draft report for U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on the topic of climate … Continue reading

The post Clearing up some misconceptions about the DoE report appeared first on Climate Etc..

Author: curryja
Posted: February 21, 2026, 5:29 pm

by Chris Morris People have queried what is happening in Australia with their push for a decarbonised all renewables/ Net Zero grid since the last update in 2023. The answer is not much progress but massive amounts of money spent. … Continue reading

The post Update on Australian NetZero efforts appeared first on Climate Etc..

Author: curryja
Posted: January 11, 2026, 5:51 pm

by Joe Nalven Towards improving AI architecture with a new paradigm Several years ago, I asked Bard (Google’s predecessor to Gemini) to craft an algorithm that would shift its climate change responses from catastrophism toward realism. Bard obliged. It generated … Continue reading

The post AI models and their “knowledge” of climate change appeared first on Climate Etc..

Author: curryja
Posted: January 5, 2026, 1:55 pm

by Javier Vinos We have been fortunate to witness the largest climate event to occur on the planet since the advent of global satellite records, and possibly the largest event since the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815. It is … Continue reading

The post The 2023 climate event revealed the greatest failure of climate science appeared first on Climate Etc..

Author: curryja
Posted: December 30, 2025, 12:47 am

by Mila Zinkova Reassessing The Coldest March by Susan Solomon On Thursday, 29 March 1912, Captain Scott (1914) made the final entry in his Journal. He wrote:  Since the 21st we have had a continuous gale from W.S.W. and S.W. … Continue reading

The post Captain Scott’s 1912 Antarctic tragedy appeared first on Climate Etc..

Author: curryja
Posted: November 21, 2025, 7:59 pm

by John Ridgway In an earlier essay [1] I explained how positive feedbacks can lead to potentially problematic scientific mono-cultures. I also acknowledged that poor research design and data analysis had become commonplace within the behavioural sciences, largely as a … Continue reading

The post Natural Selection of Bad Science. Part II appeared first on Climate Etc..

Author: curryja
Posted: September 23, 2025, 6:50 pm

by John Ridgway Any politician faced with the challenge of protecting the public from a natural threat, such as a pandemic or climate change, will be keen to stress how much they are ‘following the science’ — by which they … Continue reading

The post The Matthew Effect, Mono-cultures, and the Natural Selection of Bad Science appeared first on Climate Etc..

Author: curryja
Posted: September 8, 2025, 11:22 pm

by Judith Curry A month has passed since the DOE climate assessment report was published.  It’s time to reflect on what we might learn from the responses to this Report.  Of particular relevance is the report that was issued earlier … Continue reading

The post DOE Climate Assessment Report: Feedback appeared first on Climate Etc..

Author: curryja
Posted: September 2, 2025, 5:00 pm

by Nic Lewis The determination of equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS)—the long-term warming response to doubled atmospheric CO2 concentrations—remains one of the most crucial yet challenging problems in climate science. Recent exchanges in the literature have highlighted both the complexity of … Continue reading

The post Addressing misconceptions about Climate Sensitivity research: a Response to recent Criticisms appeared first on Climate Etc..

Author: niclewis
Posted: August 13, 2025, 1:23 pm

by Art Rangno How we fooled ourselves about the effectiveness of cloud seeding. The Colorado River Basin Pilot Project (CRBPP, 1970-75) is still the most ambitious, expensive randomized orographic cloud seeding project in US history. It featured an unprecedented amount … Continue reading

The post Cloud Seeding History: Looking Back at the Colorado River Basin Pilot Project appeared first on Climate Etc..

Author: curryja
Posted: August 8, 2025, 10:37 pm

by Judith Curry Climate science is baaaack  Energy Secretary Chris Wright has commissioned a new climate assessment report: A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate  From the Secretary’s Foreword: What I’ve found is that … Continue reading

The post New Climate Assessment Report from US DOE appeared first on Climate Etc..

Author: curryja
Posted: July 29, 2025, 7:36 pm

By Joachim Dengler Are the natural carbon sinks failing? For a long time, the discussion about the relation between temperature and CO2 concentration has been focused on the greenhouse effect and its possible feedback mechanisms, captured by the concept of sensitivity. … Continue reading

The post Temperature – a driver of the carbon cycle appeared first on Climate Etc..

Author: curryja
Posted: July 16, 2025, 5:24 pm

by Planning Engineer (Russ Schussler) Part 3 of this series examines power markets, promoted by policymakers (FERC) and industry advocates to lower costs through competitive bidding and merit-order dispatch. While markets can optimize resource allocation in many sectors, they struggle … Continue reading

The post Why “cheaper” wind and solar raise costs. Part III: The problem with power markets appeared first on Climate Etc..

Author: curryja
Posted: May 28, 2025, 6:53 pm

by Planning Engineer (Russ Schussler) In Part 1, we showed how wind and solar’s low costs over 80% of the time are overwhelmed by expenses at peak times such that they offer no cost advantages to the generation mix. Residential … Continue reading

The post Why “cheaper” solar raises costs. Part II: The hidden costs of residential solar appeared first on Climate Etc..

Author: curryja
Posted: May 22, 2025, 3:13 pm

by Planning Engineer (Russ Schussler) Wind and solar power are often touted as the cheapest sources of electricity in many regions, capable of delivering low-cost energy for the vast majority of the time. At first glance, this might suggest that … Continue reading

The post Why “cheaper” wind and solar raise costs. Part I: The fat tail problem appeared first on Climate Etc..

Author: curryja
Posted: May 13, 2025, 10:19 am

by Judith Curry and Harry DeAngelo  We have a new paper published in the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, entitled “A Critique of the Apocalyptic Climate Narrative.” The paper reflects the JACF’s ongoing interest in publishing articles that analyze important … Continue reading

The post A Critique of the Apocalyptic Climate Narrative appeared first on Climate Etc..

Author: curryja
Posted: May 7, 2025, 1:29 pm

by Russ Schussler (Planning Engineer) On April  28th Spain, Portugal and parts of France suffered a major grid outage. A  formal evaluation will likely be released at a later date cataloging many of the contributing factors and system deficiencies. Unfortunately, … Continue reading

The post Casting blame for the blackout in Spain, Portugal, and parts of France appeared first on Climate Etc..

Author: curryja
Posted: May 5, 2025, 2:14 pm

by Douglas Sheil Last week an article in Science, by Seo and colleagues, provided compelling evidence that the world’s land surface is getting drier. This global drying averaged a loss across all land surfaces of over two centimeters of water … Continue reading

The post Reversing soil desiccation: cooler, moister, greener appeared first on Climate Etc..

Author: curryja
Posted: April 16, 2025, 10:25 pm

by Chris Morris Geothermal power stations are mature technology with proven performance, reliable operation and ideal for baseload generation. The units are synchronous, so they support the grid.  The production from them is considered by most to be renewable. They … Continue reading

The post Geothermal electricity generation appeared first on Climate Etc..

Author: curryja
Posted: April 11, 2025, 3:54 pm

by Ross McKitrick I have a new paper out in the journal Nature Scientific Reports in which I re-examine some empirical work regarding agricultural yield changes under CO2-induced climate warming. An influential 2017 study had argued that warming would cause … Continue reading

The post Debunking the 2023 hike in the Social Cost of Carbon appeared first on Climate Etc..

Author: curryja
Posted: February 21, 2025, 1:49 pm

by Planning Engineer (Russ Schussler) The purpose of this article is to summarize and debunk many of the issues in the narrative surrounding  the proposed green energy transition as applies to the electric grid.  The issues are so numerous that … Continue reading

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Author: curryja
Posted: February 19, 2025, 11:57 am

by Russ Schussler (Planning Engineer) Prequel to “Unravelling the narrative supporting a green energy transition.” There is a powerful but misleading narrative supporting a green energy transition. A follow up piece will look more broadly at the general narrative supporting … Continue reading

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Author: curryja
Posted: January 30, 2025, 7:50 pm

by John Ridgway How an emergent scientific consensus results from social engineering enabled by prosocial censorship. A recent research paper published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences argued that both self-censorship and the prosocial censorship of colleagues … Continue reading

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Author: curryja
Posted: January 22, 2025, 9:37 pm

by Planning Engineer (Russ Schussler) In October of 2024, the isolated small city of  Broken Hill in New South Wales, Australia with a 36 MW load (including the large nearby mines) could not be reliably served by 200 MW of … Continue reading

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Author: curryja
Posted: December 5, 2024, 5:25 pm